OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Physical Review Physics Education Research is 21. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Motivation, demographics, and engagement during COVID-19 in an astrobiology massive open online course	92
Role of analogies with classical physics in introductory quantum physics teaching	43
Transforming the preparation of physics graduate teaching assistants: Curriculum development	41
Workplace climate forLGBT+physicists: A view from students a	39
Validity of Force Concept Inventory evaluated by students’ explanations and confirmation using modified item response curve	37
Gender differences in classroom experiences impacting self-efficacy in an AP Physics 1 classroom	35
Examining equity and graduation rates at two institutions using a course deficit model and the collaborative learning through active sense-making in physics curriculum	34
History of science based dialogues on sound waves: From sound atoms to phonons	33
Possible misconceptions about solid friction	32
Impactful experiences and their effect on learning assistant epistemological development	32
Improving scientific abilities through lab report revision in a high school investigative science learning environment classroom	32
Editorial: To Review Is to Be	30
Hybrid teaching: A tale of two populations	29
Context interactions and physics faculty’s professional development: Case study	28
Validation of a coupled, multiple response assessment for upper-division thermal physics	27
Other spaces for young women’s identity work in physics: Resources accessed through university-adjacent informal physics learning contexts in Sweden	26
Context affects student thinking about sources of uncertainty in classical and quantum mechanics	26
Assessing the impact of metacognitive postreflection exercises on problem-solving skillfulness	25
Students’ sense of belonging in introductory physics course for bioscience majors predicts their grade	24
Effect of an inquiry-based teaching sequence on secondary school students’ understanding of wave optics	22
Equitable approach to introductory calculus-based physics courses focused on problem solving	21
Measuring the level of homework answer copying during COVID-19 induced remote instruction	21
Do students think that objects have a true definite position?	21